About Us

The Acorn & Rose Puppet Theater is the creation of children's author and illustrator Molly Piper, known to friends and family as Jeannie I. Having written, designed and illustrated several books, conducted young author programs for more than 75,000 children, teenagers, teachers and parents, Molly/Jean found that it was time to expand the adventure. Part of the adventure came in the form of a grant for teaching puppetry to a small group of fifth and sixth graders. 

The excitement and joy of this workshop resulted in wonderful puppets, exuberant little performances, and delighted audiences of families, friends, and fellow students. Teachers at the school requested that Jean return the following year to do puppetry in their classrooms. As one teacher said, "This has changed my life! I want Jeannie in my classroom. I can use puppetry to teach science, history, literature, everything. My sixth graders will love learning this way."

Teaching and performing a live theater art is a happy culmination of many years as artist, writer, teacher, story teller, carpenter, sculptor, mother and friend.

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.

William Shakespeare